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I read over this and I wanna get someone's opinion on this. I'm wanting to go with either apr front and rear sway bars or h&r front and rear sway bars. I'm looking for a set up that will improve my handling but not have too much over or under steer just a happy medium. Something for dd but something that would be good for taking around the ring. Thanks

I feel that the 26 front soft and 24 rear stiff combo is very neutral overall. I can get the car to oversteer but you really have to cut the wheel hard...think very tight autocross courses....not something you are not going to do on a track.

What have you seen from the MkV R32's, if at all? its the same setup, essentially. I am either going to do both at soft to start, or go front on firm, rear on soft, which I think i read somewhere is also fine. Iirc, the stock front bar is like 21.5 or 22mm, and the rear is 20.5 or something, so a huge change for the rear with going to 26mm.

I got a PM asking about front sway bars and my answer might be of general interest:

I know many guys recommend a rear sway only, but I strongly believe they are wrong.
I tried it all on my own: stock sways, 24 mm rear and 28 + 24 mm front and rear with
all possible settings. No doubt both bars was best by far.
Possibly most guys never tried both bars and they parrot half-whisdom on the forums.
A common misconception I believe.

A front sway will reduce overall roll much more than the rear sway, improve steering
(in feel and quicker), turn in and make you car feel more stable. On the other hand it
slightly affects traction on bad roads, but not necessarily on good ones. I was wonde-
ring my self that I didn't have any increase in understeer. I even prefer the stiff setting
of the 28 mm front bar.

To make things short: If you already have a 24 mm rear sway I strongly recommend
at least a 24, 25 or 26 mm front sway bar.

When swapping out the front bar and dropping the subframe, what do you recommend to retain the alignment? If alignment is effected? I just had my alignment done after my Koni/DG/TT setup and its perfect now. Would hate to have to get it done again so soon.